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Polity Middle East

Seleucid Kingdom

311 BCE – 62 BCE · 249 years

Hellenistic state in West Asia (312–63 BC)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Seleucid Kingdom's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 3 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 300 BCE to 100 BCE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

300 BCE 3 snapshots 100 BCE
300 BCE200 BCE100 BCE

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Himyarite Kingdom

109 BCE – 525 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Phoenician Trade Route

800 BCE – 300 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Syrian Wars (Ptolemaic–Seleucid)

274 BCE – 168 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Lighthouse of Alexandria

280 BCE – 1323 CE

Polity · Middle East

Saba

Attested 1500 BCE – 100 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Maccabean Revolt

167 BCE – 160 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 311 BCE and 62 BCE.

300 BCE Petra 280 BCE Lighthouse of Alexandria 275 BCE Berenice 274 BCE Syrian Wars (Ptolemaic–Seleucid) 200 BCE Palmyra 200 BCE Jerash

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Colossus of Rhodes Landmark · Europe 282 BCE – 226 BCE Chorrera Polity · Americas 1500 BCE – 100 BCE Grand Trunk Road Trade route · South Asia 300 BCE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Chandragupta Maurya Figure · India 340 BCE – 297 BCE Delos Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – 69 BCE
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